Labyrinth Restoration update

                   Before and after...although still much more to be done .

Labyrinth Day was on May 4th this year , it is always on the first Saturday of the month of May when everyone walks together at 1pm in their own local time in a meditation for world peace .
  I don't tell anyone what to believe about a labyrinth , only to walk in , listen with your heart and see what it tells you .  . . . see for yourself  .

 I was moved to make this Labyrinth in about 2007/8  and it was on the World Labyrinth  Locator until I got very sick and was unable to have visitors .
 My husband (the under gardener )kept it looking fairly good , but used a strimmer on the path walls which allowed the grass to grow over the rocks .
 I am much better now , not as much stamina as I used to have , but better and doing more in the garden again and caring for the labyrinth again .
So this morning , after mowing the labyrinth pathway , I thought I'd tackle the grass on the labyrinth walls .

 The grass has become long , matted , attached to the rocks and very hard to pull off .

            My wrist is aching now terribly after  all the tugging and tearing .

   Underneath this one was a beautiful piece of  red Serpentine rock .

There is so much to do . Today I will just make a start in the centre of the Labyrinth . Maybe from here I will get some good pulses of Earth Energy to keep me going !

I saw a little shrew , the gardener's friend, they eat insects, slugs, spiders , worms , amphibians and other small rodents . He was too fast for me to snap on camera , but ...I thought ...a precious moment just for me .

Here in the centre of the labyrinth is the "Heart Stone " a little pot for a candle and the stone where a Cornish Piskie lives .

I am thinking about putting some small plants in here , very small ones , Alpines maybe .

                              I love the wild flowers and the Lichens .

 That's all I can manage for today . I think to myself as I replace the little votive candle .... and place a few flowers for Mother Earth .

                       ..........An arrow to encourage folk to walk in ....

 The way in , is also the way out ...there is no getting lost on the path of a labyrinth unlike in a crazy maze .

What questions would you carry in to the labyrinth ? And what answers will it give you ?

                                   Shhh ......sleeping Cornish Piskie .....

Gool Peran Lowen ! Happy St Piran's Day !

A little Cornish Piskie is coming your way to wish you a Happy St Piran's Day !

Making Holly Wreaths and Piskie Shoes

 Here I am ...hiding behind a bunch of holly branches that I have just pruned carefully out of my beautiful Holly tree . I always like to make my own simple Holly Wreath.

I should be able to make two or three from this bundle...one for a good friend , one for my sweet daughter and one for me .

No sooner have I laid the holly on my kitchen table ...than my little helpers arrive !

The deal is this .....they help me to make the Holly Wreath with a little bit of Cornish Piskie fairy magic ..........

                                     .........and I will make their dancing shoes !

The long stringy branches are fairly flexible to twine around themselves into a circle . I tie them around firmly with garden twine at several points ..if the branches are not so flexible I would use some wire...and tie a lovely red ribbon on ....at the top ...or at the bottom .   You can add other things onto it too ...but I like to keep it simple  to hang on my front door .

Love Heart Stones

 I hadn't  forgotten that I,d promised to show you my small collection of Love Heart Stones this week . ...so here they are !

 I seem mostly to come across them whilst walking on our local beaches..and when I,m not actually looking for them .
 I always feel quite moved as I reach down to clasp such a sweet little gift from the sea  .

Where do they come from ? Are they hand carved love tokens ? Or part of some ancient , prehistoric sea funeral or ritual ?

Today I made a Troll !

So I,ve been experimenting with topiary ... hee !  hee ! I need to let his big old nose grow out abit more .
 As far as I know he is the only Troll in Mullion .